Bardo takes 14 awards

Director Chencho Dorji’s film Bardo – the intermediate state stole the show at the 10th National Film Awards on May 2 with 24 nominations and 14 awards.

Bardo, a film based on the intermediate state after death, won the awards for the best film, the best director, the best cameraman, the best visual editor, the best background score, the best art direction, the best story, the best supporting actor female, the best sound, the best lyrics, the best special effect, the best chore¬ography, the best actor in negative role, and the best make-up artist.

The other films nominated for the best film of the year include Yeethro Lhamo, Shh… Galuya Malab, Sacho Gami Ga, and Highland Girl.

Chencho Dorji and Tandin Bidha took the best actors’ awards from the film Chesem Chilu. And the nominations for the best actor male featured Rinchen Namgay from Hingi Chetru, Karma Choechong from Songs of the Wind, and Tshering Phuntsho from Bardo. In the female category, the best actor nominations included Tandin Bidha from Yamasoo and Karma Wangzin, and Lhaki Dolma from Bardo and Yeethro Lhamo.

Kalden Dorji, popularly known as Kelly Dorji, and Tshokey Tshomo Karchung took away the best male and female new comer’s awards for their lead roles in Semga Wai Taksha.

Director Chencho Dorji took the best director award for his film Bardo. Nominations for the best director included Mila Tobgey for the film Hingi Chetru, Sonam Tshewang for Chi Sem Chiluu, Tshering Wangyel for Shh… Galuya Malab and Palden Dorji and Phuntsok Rabten for Songs of the Wind.

From playback singers, Namgay Jigs took home the award for the best male singer for the film Sleeping Beauty and Minzung Lhamo won the award in the female category for Yamasoo. Both Namgay Jigs and Minzung Lhamo were nominated for the best playback singer from three other films.

Sonam Choki, who shot to fame after her lead role in Muti Thrishing, took home two awards from Bardo – best supporting actor female and best actor in negative role.

The 2010 film awards instituted several new awards including the award for the best usage of Dzongkha language, the best culture-based film, and the best film on youth and education for which cash prizes were sponsored by the department of culture and the Royal Office for Media (ROM).

Karma Wangzin, a film based on the belief of spiritual resurrection, was awarded Nu 50,000 for the best usage of Dzongkha language, while Hingi Chetru won Nu 100,000 from the department of culture for being the best culture-based film.

Songs of the Wind, a spiritual film, took away Nu 50,000 for the best film for youth and education sponsored by the ROM.

Five films were nominated for each category of awards. Thirty-one films competed for the awards in 30 cat¬egories.

By Namgay Tshering

One Response to “Bardo takes 14 awards”

1. karma says:

   May 12, 2011 at 1:36 am

   All the awards were flawed! this award should not be called as national awards..it is to be actually called as MPAB awards…MPAB is the most corrupted association in the Bhutan…

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